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THE FREE GtTIZEN.PCIM.ISIIlvU ATORAN CEBU RC, S. C.E. A. WEBSTER, A. JJf. Editor.OKS Corr, ONE YEAH, - - - s 2.00Invariably in Advance.And I will cunio near ti? yon to Judgement; ?mdI will bo a swill witness against Hie sorcerers, and against Hie adulterers, und against ifalse swearers, und against those Unit oppress tho hireling in Iiis wages, Hiv willowami tho fatherless, and th.'.t turn aside thostranger from his right, mid lear not me,i-aith the Lord ol' Hosts.-MALACHI, I II, 0. iNOTICE.Wc aro not responsible For thu views cf ourCorrespondents.Advertisements to bo inserted in thc ClTl/.KNmust be received by Thursday evening.Advertisements inserted at One Dollar perinch, for tho first insertion. Flintier lei ins canbe had on application to tho Editor or Publisher.Communications on matters of State or LocalInterest, respectfully solicited.All orders for Job Printing loft at thia oil!cewill receive prompt attention.Agents and Correspondents wanted in allTowns of the County.SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1870.The Legislature.This body will soon- meet at thcState capitol. Thc people are looking howard to its meeting, with morethan ordinary interest. It seems thatour Governor has not, as yet, signed jthe tax levy bill which passed nearthe close of thc last session. Thefailure of Solomon's Bank, in whichthe Slate had largely deposited, hasafforded another excuse for nonpayment from the State Treasury,and many who had claims against thcStatq are short of payments fromthat source. Ko taxes can bc leviedand collected while we have no lawto enforce it. It will require promptlegislation, or at least harmony between the executive and legislative^departments of the government torelieve State finances by collectiontaxes for the present year.ni?gpvernment as well as bo j,- . i^^Kc- Sft-dQubl -, desire economy, jbu J there is no wise economy in ncglccting to pay just debts, and it can; not, be wise for the ?State long to neglect to put in operation the means tomeet existing" obligations. Thcnion Herald in referring to thissays :"We have eight circuit judges andone supreme judge to elect. Theselection of these will test the patriotism, capacity and wisdom of themembers. Personal or politicalsympathy ought not to lie thc soleguides of a member in bis vote for ajudge. To indict a venal or incompctentjudge upon thc people is theworst political crime a party cancommit. Wc have faith to believethat schemes and slates will be broken, and each candidate will standupon his record and his merits whenthe test vote is taken.The State House has been brushedup, the chairs have been mended,there is fuel in the cellars, 2)aid fur,enough to keep all warm, without thcheat of debate ; thc stationery isready to distribute, Joe and Jonesarc on the ground, and everything betokens the beginning of a session,and even an ill-used editor will beglad to see it open.Citizens Not Free!The Union Uerald playfully asks.us if we know of any Americancitizens that are not free? We thinkwo might lind some of that sort. I lowany man can bo free without powerto act seems u mystery. We arc told* that knowledge is power, what shallwe say, then, of those who are trameletl with ignorance, and have not thcability to think fer themselves, oreven to write their own names, butarq obliged to get others to think,and even write for them, and, possibly to read and interpret thc ballotsthey cast? No bird can fly withoutwings, nor even with them, unless hehas learned how to use them. Thcchain of ignorance with which its victims aro bound cannot be in keepingwith dictates and aspirations of realfreedom.Some American citizens arc thctools ol' party. They lamely workunder party leaders, and in slavishplight do their bidding. Any meas-;ure is adopted that the parly maydictate, and any person sustained foroflicc who can worm themselves intoparty nominations, whether wisc orfoolish, honest or dishonest. ?Suchpersons enjoy no more of real freedom than the uutlcdged birds w ho occupy the nests they foul, and opentheir mouths lamely to swallow allthat is oflercd to their indiscriminateappetites.There arc those who have becomethe slaves of some master passionsthat they struggle in vain to resist,who, like the poor miser, does notj possess gold, but the gobi possesseshim, and in cringing obedience lo thcdictates of mammon, he is "starved inthis world, and damned in that tocome." Others have fostered habitsuntil they arc bound by its felters,and, like thc poor drunkard, thc3' resolve in vain to rid themselves of thecoils of the monster that has growntwo powerful for their wasted energies and depleted strength.Thc world is yet too full of thosewho have made shipwreck of their\ faith, and all that was once dear inI the cherished inventory of virtuousmanhood, and are now floating onthe current of sinful indulgencedreaming of peace and safely whiltsudden destruction is coming uporI li ern.Those who enjoy and follow tindictates of genuine freedom are nofound in the haunts of dissipation amcrime-they are net the inmates oour jails and prisons ; and knowin;thc right they do not thc wrong persue, but arc true to Cod, themsclveand thc interests of humanity. It i:a painful truth, too obvious to 1 . -Vhied, thal many ol' thc citizens ol'cucountry do not enjoy the blessings otrue freedom.The Governor's Charleston SpeechThe Washington Star says :"The hearty reception given tGov. Chamberlain by the chamber (commerce of Charleston, and the co:gratulations he received upon Hireforms of his administration and llincreasing prosperity of South Canlina, ought to cenvey a wholesonlesson to the northern men whom aleidend bas made chief executives ;southern states. Governor Chandulain has apparently fulfilled hplodges in good faith, and the resuis, that his labors in behalf of tilstate are fully appreciated by tlpeople. Thc case of Gov. Chambclain forcibly illustrates thc Irutb ithe proverb, 'Honesty is the best pcicy,' even in politics."Wc have no doubt our Governor lifaith in that old proverb and thatwill practice himself the same go<doctrine bc so elegantly commendsthc attention of others. There is ihonesty in the willful neglect to pian honest debt. That our legislatuare begining to appreciate that faappears in thc Tax Levy bill pass?at thc last session, at least in tIcyy of one fifth of a mill to pay itrust due on thc State AgriculluiCollege bonds.TlIK NEWS AND COUKIRK TO UK I<i.ARUKO.-As many of our readeknow there is always somethingthc News and Courier worth read iiThose who read it arc not obligedendorse all it says. Thc publishannounce its enlargement and sayj "Early next month; we hopegreet our readers wi tira paper ctaining Hie equivalent of eight nctional columns of space. This \enable us to do full justice to readand advertisers alike, and to givejournal which we trust will be Inrespect unworthy of thc prosneiand prospects ol' Charleston"We are glad to notice this indilion of the prosperity of tho prindidaily paper of thc largest eily ofState.An Honest Face.Physiognomy illustrates eli rmi leiand character ?inpresses ill' onphysiognomy. No man e knowhimself to bo mean and hot huianti not show it lo sonic clent ihis very countenance. If a mansneak thief and would put diin another man's pocket, fo ?. illet or steal trust funds, edhimself and his family, and . .1friends on stolen money, the veryfact of conscious infamy : 1 meanness will burn, not only into i i cscience, if he has one, but even intohis face and look out tin igii ...eyes telling thc painful ci uvioth :.of bis own being, lt wou'1 -iel" l;nate for some men wc kn evi MSouth Carolina, if they did angotheir characters to ehang( ri 1faces, ami if they looked .. . Lobestmen they would hardly kno <selves in a glass.The reverse (d'this is t j an i : -cst man is likely to carry : hon -,face. The one incident iii wb ci . - -ingstonc thought bc ?'ed i . ??:.< hoproud, is thoroughly cha;:'and we give it in his owr i ord ."Grandfather could gi-', particulars of thc lives of his ?ru c ti rsix generations of the family bebim ; and thc only point ol the tradition I feel moud of is this; Oooof these poor, hardy island' -now ned in the district foi great wisdom and prudence, and it is rei lcdthat when he was on his .'. alb-bed jbc called his children aronui ...... an Isaid: 'Now, in my lifetime, I havesearched most carefully, through ..llthe traditions I could lim of timil^-, and I never could d ov?i 111 Ithere whs a dishonest mai tun rforefathers. If, tli'crefore, nh j youor .inv loTyottt children ." . ! ' ' kcio lisbon?s! ways, it will^.pot bu l?ccau-?c i', inn;-, tn 1 '"lood; it "Joes not- .AJ?lbelong lo you. ? I ea Vd ptwi til you : Du honest."A writer in thc Briti 1 i uarterlysays :"This moral heir-loon ol' is family entered very deeply into Ll) nature of the great traveller, i; hisface, as wc remember it, there >,with all its kindliness of expr?s -,a sort of troubled earnest . of outlook, as though the upright soul M'hwere always on the watch tor thestraightest way to the c-. i 11 view.It was not suspicion; foi ?ve.. >idiscernment of character wa alwaysexercised in detecting fri' MUM oftruth rather than analyzing Hie corrupt motives of hypocritical ; . .'Blit bc did not regard an 1 est lifeas an easy one. It was I" ld tn always the "fight ol' faith," no! in tinyspeculative, but in asti'n 'U practical sense. And lo a gc: tl- doss ol'nature which exercised a wonderfulcharin over savage men, Iii ad lcd anostentatious but indomitable firmnessthat always seemed standing front tofront with some invisible foe.The Bible and Intemperance."The darkest neighborhood whichI visited was iii a narrow valley inC-, without a minister, withouta church or Sunday school, and whereSunday is spent in fishing ann bunting and nut gathering. In valley I called on a notorious inebriate,and found him in bed (trying tb sleepoil' the effects of a drunken debauch.Will; some effort he was induced '.ocome down from his chamber, sayinghe knew bc looked har !, and wasashamed lo see us. II? needed alii?ije, but had spent all his money,and his neighbor who accompaniedme advanced two dollars, and boughthim an octavo copy. Ile H ti I bcknew it would bc much better for himto give up drinking and begin Iq rendthc Bible. "Can you give up drinking?" I asked. "I must give it 141,or it will kill mc." he ?said ?f?ncl Tlill i i. .I.JIJ.^U. .IF ll ? ? 1 H 1 * I'l I ll ' OBC-Mbelieve I can ii' I try." "Would you jrather die than give it up?" 1 asked.!'No, I would rather give it up thandie," said he. "Will you sign apledge il" I write one?" I asked. Heidhi, kil have half a mind to." "Iwill write a pledge, ii' you will signit," I continued. "J will sign it forone yeer," said he. And he wrote asfollows : "I, K. F., do hereby pledgemy word and honor, that after October 1st, 1S7G, 1 will neither touch,taste, nor handle anything that willintoxicate, for thc space of one year,so help me God." And bc signed it,and his neighbor and 1 signed it aswitnesses. By this time bc was verymuch in earnest, and he said, "1 amnow in my right mind, and I knowwhat I am doing. If I can keep thatpledge one year I can keep it ten. Iwill have Mr. S. to write this pledgeon the first blank page in this newBible ; and I will sign it with ink andkeep it where I can often look at it;and if there is any strength or honorin mc, I will keep it. I am glad youcame lo sec inc. I had no expectation of anything like this happeningto-day. This is a good day's workforme. (Jive inc your address ; forif 1 can keep this pledge 1 shall wantto write you a letter. . Will not mypoor wife rejoice ! Will not my employer be glad ! Ile talked of discharging me, but now bc will notneed to do it. There is no man inthis valley that can carn moro moneyuiaii I can, if I only lei liquor alone."-Bible Agents' lteport.How to Get Out of it.A man rose in thc Fulton streetprayer-meeting, who had been adrunkard for twenty j'Cars, and hasnow been sober for four years, and isnn earnest Christian man He saidoh Ids way lo tm meeting lui wa*accosted by mm coller, who iv i sh cdhim to ?vi* ihr prayers of thc iuccliiigfoi* bini. ..What! for you? Haveyou got out of thc rum traille?"..No !" he answered, and I do notknow how lo gel out." "Well, I willtell you. Koli your barrels into thestreet, ami knock in thc heads, andwalk away from the traille." "Yes,and leave my family to starve !""No! they won't starve in quittingwrong and doing right. Get rightfirst, and then ask for prayer to keepright." Tiiis ruinseUer is not twesquares from this meeting.Another man rose and said he watan ale-brewer, and be wanted to telwhat the Woman's Temp?rance Movement had done for him. "1 weninto my place and looked aroundand 1 said this is all wrong ; andmade up my mind there and thcthat I never would manufactur? drinor sell another drop. I just closeUp the place and walked out-a maout of business-and to that I wi.lever return. I am done with it foiever. And all this I owe to the Wtman's Temperance Crusade, as it ?called. I want you to pray for tmI make a sacrifice, but 1 am willinlo make it. Pray for inc."-Chrisian Intelligencer.S ? iib KN INKI.UENCKS.-It is tlsquall that upsets the boat, while tlsteady wind crowds hard upon it bionly drives il right along towards iidestined port. Thc slow force ol' tlsteady current may press it in vaiagainst the dam, but once let tlpent-up waters above break away anconic with a sudden burst, and yichto thc instant pressur?, and goes dowbefore thc torrent. The slow, gentaction of Hie electric current is barrless, and often healthful, but thc coccntrated Hash and burning bolt sinito swift destruction.So it is with sudden influences <thc impulsive and impetuous naturof man. Thc approach stealtbiand strike quickly. Unwalcliful aiunaware of thc coming blow, wo a?a oaoatww HBPI ?a-i ?im~.wi^tjnj -u.w ?aassgassoverwhelmed ant? Tall. SometimesSatan strikes at u man as the lightning strikes out of thc cloud. Hosccs not thc smitting hand, he knowsnot of its presence until he feels thebery blow. Then iL is that humanresolutions bend before the hot blastfrom hell. Thc struggle is often ter- jrible.SOUTIL CAROLINA RAILROAD.CHARLESTON, S. C., KH?. IA, IETS.On nnil aller Tuesday, Kel? mirv Ililli, the lollowing changes in Schedule ol' this Hoad wilKO into ulled :COLUMPIA DAY PASSENGER THAIN.Leave Charleston - - - r,. ir? A MArrive uti Columbia ... 12.65 F MLeave Columbia - - - 4.30 I* ."ilArrive til Charleston - 11.45 1? MAUGUSTA DAY PASSENGER THAIN.Leave Charleston - - . 7.po 1? MArrive ut Charleston - - - (j.35 A .MCOLUMItlA NIGHT EXPRESS.(Suudays excepted.)Leave Clinrlcston ... -.00 1* MArrive tit Columbia - - - 0.110 A MLeave Columbia ... 7.10 p ?liArrive at Charleston . - - G.;1J A AlAUGUSTA NIGHT EXPRESS.Leave Charleston - - - 8..10 P MArrive at Charleston - - - 5.:to A MThe Columbia Dav Passenger Trains, whichIcavoat 7 A. M. anti arrive ni lt.:t?) P. M. will(between Charleston ami llrunchvilln) slop onlyat Slilllliicrvillu ami Ucorgc's. This applies hollito thr up ami llowil tripe.Hy this new Schedule a close connection willhe fntulu willi the Charlotte, Columbia mu? Augusta Railroad at their Crosslin; near Columbia,which will avoid the transfer through Co! 11 rn binniitl ?ive ns ns quick a si heil II le io Washingtonand points North as liv Hie other route.Stooping Cars ou all niglil trains. Rnggagchechee through. S. S. SOLOMONS,s. ll. DICKENS, C. T. A. SuperiuleutlctitJteh. 13.AN OUFIT PEEE.-soTife^?11 every conni y to tn :e >ril3"s anti deliver goodstor thc obi natl original C. 0. 1) House largecash wilges. Siiicinl:?", chance in every neighborhood, f<?- the righi person of either sex,young or oh), .Samples, new lists, circulars,?erins, etc, a complete bullit sent Free ami postpaid. Soup b r ii at once and make tnonev atyour homes. Aililrcsc II. .K HALL A Co., (i, N.Howard Street, ItalUmore, Mil.- nov.i;i-n-:im.EMPLOYMENT.-?womenagents,wc have just what you need. OnrUxll MountedChromos outsell anything in Hie market. Mr.Persons writes : ''I struck out yesterday, timiby working easy four hours, cleared $7." Alady has just reported her iirollts for tho IbreII. H ni as live dollars: yesterday up to -.! o'clockshe cleared .-even and a half dollars. We canprove beyond iiucsUou thal one agent orderedr?,<iOU of these chromos in eleven working days.We have the finest ami largest assortment inthe I 'nileil Stales; hundreds of choice subjectsfrom which to select. We will send you an assorted one hundred of Hu; best selling on receipt of six dollars. Send in your order of giveus a call, .sample liv mail '?Sn:, or pi for i..). LATHAM & Co.,?HU Washington st., Ho.-ton, .Mass.P. O. Pox 2151 Oct. 30-13-Clll.r>OOK AGENTS and OOO!) SALESMEN arcI J "COININ0 MONEY." willi Hie famousI. i bm ..?, edition lot- :'.'"(?. v?m popiilhi i d'lion ($".MJ). I;I int it i ump .',,-1 oin- bandied fullnugi ipiaitu plate.-, li the cheapest and ':i 'St i.y..n , uiblii alums in America, and tho besto ell Critics vie willi 1 iii ti other in prnLiug ,1:, .m . Hie masses buy it.Agcid In wtiarie-ton, .s reports os orders; jlinn in suiet six. s. c.t ji,(;: , p, S'n., St il: an- 1oilier in Mcin))l.is Mi ..; leis laben ?I '.nice. |IVceks.FULL PARTICULARS FREE. AddressJ. ll, KOKI) A- CO., Publishers,-7 Dark Plac?, New YorkNov. L1-14-UA UCUSTUS.II. KNOWLTON,Attorney & Counsel or at LawORANGEBUllG, S. C.GLOVER & GLOVER,Alto i-11 eys il t L sv w sNo 5, LAW RANGE,OKAXGKBUltG, S. C.duly ?l-51-tlCHAS. S. ETJLL,ATTI) UN KV AT LAW, UNITED STATESCOMMISSIONER ANDNotary X^nTLilio,Orangetmrg, S. CE.\. WEHSTER,Business faithfully and promptly altended to.f?S*" OFFICE for Ihejirtscnt in with A. B.KNOWLTON, Esq.,Orangeburg, Jan. 2.'i, 1875;hp AY LOK FORDHAM ANO LAWRENCEAttorneys at Law,?nices at Charleston and Ornngebug.L J. TAYLOR, J. HAMMOND FORDHAM,Y. I). LAWRENCE.^"'Special attention given to the colet ion of claims and prompt- returnade.Orangeburg, March '20, 1S7"?.leimadeDH. A. C. DUKES,Dealer in all kinds ofDrugs and Medicines,Dr Dukes has had N'lne YcarsExporlcnee in 1 IrilgS and Medicines and 1 lioroilhly iinderstaiitls his business, lit: keepsconstantly on a large supply ot" Goodausually lound In aFirst-class Drug Store.BSF^Carcful attention ??aid to (he compounding of Prescriptions and till orderspromptly attended to. Cull Oil Ililli atlils Popular Drug Store.Orangeburg, Feb. Bl,1S7?.* A D V E lt T I S E M E N T S.MI SG?IJLAK KOUS .(~\ KANO OPBXrSG tI will open this morning a lot of theFinest Teas,ever offered ih this market, co siUNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS,SOUCHONGS,YOUNG HYSONS,andGUNPOWDERS,And in order to cultivate n trade forthese line grades I will sell them"V E Ii Y Hi O W .I have also received this morning anothercar-load ofSolomon's Fancy FlourFresh ground and Made especiallyfor nie from theIT i ii est tSeleetetl "Wiie?.i;s1 have never had a complaint ofthis brand of ..our.IMPORTANT NOTICE !Inferior KEROSENE OIL is so dangerous and so many accidents have occurred from its use, I have been induoad,at the repeated solicitation of my customers, to purchase a supply of pure Oilu their us?;. ! have just receive t.'nbi rrels oiPUKE WHITE KEROSENEOf 124 lire test. I will sell thia PuroOil cheaper than the same grade of Oilcan bc sold at in this city. Families useing this Oil are safe. Tho uso of thocommon Oils nowFLOODING THE MARKETis equivalent to bringing into thc familydestruction and death !1 have also received:10 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Hams,10 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct fromthe Dairy,25 Firkins Goshen Butter,direct fromthe Dairy, which has all thofreshness and ilavor of the flowers.5 Tierces of Baltimore Sugar-CuredStrips,10 Barrels of Extra Mess Mackerel,averaging twenty ounces.25 Sacks Lagnayra Coffee, equal toJava.50 Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Riosteamer.With a full supply ofCHOICE GROCERIES,Fro-Ti iii } ? > I.My stock is full, with prices low andgood limes coming.*Thanking the public for their yery libend patronage, and soliciting Its continuance, I will do my best to merit thcmc :Il.VIilJ Y SOLOMON,Columbia, So. Ca.